新客
Chinese
| new; newly; meso- (chem.) | customer; visitor; guest | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (新客) | 新 | 客 | |
| simp. #(新客) | 新 | 客 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
新客
- (Malaysian, Singapore, Indonesian and Philippine Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) singkek; newcomer Chinese immigrant (usually newer pure ethnic Chinese migrants that migrated around 1800s to 1900s as opposed to a Peranakan in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia or a Sangley or Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese Mestizo) in the Philippines)
Synonyms
- (Peranakan Hokkien, derogatory, dated) 唐山鬼 (Tn̂g-soaⁿ-kúi)
See also
- (Philippine Hokkien, dated) 唐山人 (Tn̂g-soaⁿ-lâng)
- (Philippine Hokkien) 大陸仔／大陆仔 (tāi-lio̍k-á), 大陸人／大陆人 (tāi-lio̍k-lâng)
- (Taiwanese, dated) 唐山人 (Tn̂g-soaⁿ-lâng), 阿山 (a-soaⁿ)
- (Taiwanese, derogatory) 阿山仔 (a-soaⁿ-á), 阿陸仔／阿陆仔 (a-lio̍k-á / a-la̍k-á)
- (Taiwanese) 外省人 (gōa-séng-lâng), 大陸人／大陆人 (tāi-lio̍k-lâng)
- (Quanzhou Hokkien, sometimes derogatory) 阿北仔 (a-pak-á)
References
- Oetomo, Dédé (1987) The Chinese of Pasuruan, , page 167
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